February we started out by going to New Jersey to babysit for Jenna and Ty's kids while they went to Hawaii.
This meant we took over as support for a million basketball games and practices while we were there over a week.
Saturday morning was chore Plinko. Klay got vacuuming...notice his tissue for one of his many bloody noses.
Cassidy got fingermarks and chairs...
Bennett got the bathroom...
and Carter made his bed and did the other bathroom.
Whew...jobs done!
Grandpa's job was to be silly with the kids!
The boys are both on a city team and a travel team. This is Bennett's city game.
This is Carter on his city team.
I had lots of help cooking. Cassidy was mostly excited about licking the beaters!
Got the kids valentines at Target and had them write all the names on them.
A little food art inspired by Saxton Freymann's books. A dolphin and an octopus!
All the kids were helping us look for birds. The Red-breasted Woodpecker is a NJ native and we could see it right near the Jensen yard.
The Black Vultures were everywhere!
White-breasted Nuthatches.
Northern Cardinals.
White-throated Sparrows.
At Big Brook Park on a long walk.
Out at Sandy Hook by the beach.
Bennett wanted to do some goals for his Achievement Days so we made some homemade macaroni and cheese that was delicious!!
Silly Cassidy with gloves on her feet!
Family photo at one of Bennett's basketball games.
We had a great time...and came home exhausted from trying to keep up with the busy lives that Jenna and Ty have!
When we got home, we found this packet of pictures drawn by Brooklyn, Evan and Mackenzie! Now they are framed on our wall!
Such great artists!
Heard a pretty bird song one morning and looked out to see our Say's Phoebe sitting on the plant hook out front...very early in the season to return!
Aaron took us birding up to Alta for the Great Backyard Bird Count.
We saw lots of cool Clark's Nutcrackers...
Some pretty great birders...
Our birding team.
And the bird we went to find, the Black-crowned Rosy Finch. So pretty!
At Big Cottonwood Park we did not see tons of birds, but we did see tons of Red Foxes! They were running all over the place!
Dinosaur days at preschool! Making plaster prints of our "claws"
And we have seen tons of Bald Eagles this month at many of the places we go out to walk!
We saw 11 in one outing at Skipper Bay and often see them near the dike.
I liked how close you can see the white eyes of this eagle.
Great month for family and if I had pictures, it was also filled with MORE HOUSE HUNTING with Bree and Elliot! And, it was also the month they were finally accepted on an offer to buy a house!
We live in very crazy times financially, but feel so blessed to have a great family, good health, the Gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives and a place to live that we love.
